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Research at Chernobyl and Fukushima shows how radioactive materials move in the environment
When nuclear accidents happen, many people imagine radiation spreading everywhere and lasting forever. The reality is more complex. Radioactive materials move, change and sometimes disappear faster than people expect.The Chernobyl accident in 1986 and the...
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Hurricanes devastated Florida’s East Coast – then seagrass made an unexpected comeback
Florida’s Indian River Lagoon has been an ecosystem in decline going back to 2011, when harmful algal blooms led to a severe decline in seagrass, the foundational component of shallow coastal ecosystems.Seagrass meadows stabilize sediments,...
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Data centers don’t have to be a burden on local communities – and can even support them by generating power and repurposing waste heat
Many consumers – and state policymakers and even utility companies – are worried about the possibility of large numbers of data centers raising electricity demand and power prices.Those are real concerns, but our engineering research...
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Don’t just plant trees, plant forests to restore biodiversity for the future
Around the world, people plan to plant more than 1 trillion trees this decade in an ambitious effort to slow climate change and reduce biodiversity loss. But if the past is prologue, many of those...
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We designed the turf for soccer’s biggest World Cup ever – here’s how we created the same playing experience across 3 countries
With 104 matches in 16 stadiums across Canada, the United States and Mexico, the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be soccer’s biggest event ever.It’s our job as turfgrass researchers hired by FIFA, the game’s governing...
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When oil prices spike, where does the money go?
The market for oil is global, which is why events like the war in Iran affect oil prices – and prices of the wide range of products made from oil – literally everywhere. Federal data...
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Estonia says Nato jet shot down drone over its territory
"We received early information from Latvia about a drone that had strayed off course, and Estonia tracked the drone...